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ARM 14, 089 (P351429)
Letter, Old Babylonian, Mari · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | ARM 14, 089 |
|---|---|
| ID | P351429 |
| Museum no. | NMSDeZ — ? |
| Collection | National Museum of Syria, Der-ez-Zor, Syria |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Mari (mod. Tell Hariri) |
| Coordinates | 34.5504, 40.8887 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | [a]-na# be-li2-ia qi2-bi2-ma | Speak to my lord |
| 2 | um-ma ia-qi2-im-{d}iszkur# | Thus Yaqim-Addu |
| 3 | _ARAD2_-ka-a-ma# | your servant |
| 4 | {lu2-mesz}amx(PI)-na-na-iu sza# i-na sa-ah-ri-i{ki} | the Amnanaeans who in Saḫrî |
| 5 | wa-asz-bu il-li-ku-nim-ma ki-a-am iq-bu-nim# | They came and said to me thus: |
| 6 | um-ma-szu-nu-ma asz-szum _lu2-mesz_ ah-hu-ni | thus they: “Concerning the men who have come |
| 7 | sza e-le-nu-um wa-asz-bu it-ta-ak-ru | (Sum) The one who sat on the upper throne (Akk) That which was seated above he has accepted |
| 8 | a-na na-pi2-isz7-ti-ni pa-<<ha>>-al-ha-nu# | for our napištinnu-offering |
| 9 | ni#-isz# _dingir_-lim hu-us-sa3-an-ni-szi-im-ma | may the life of the gods be reconciled with her, and |
| 10 | [li-ib]-ba#-ni# li-nu-uh | May his heart be pacified |
| 11 | [...] x x a-na x [x] | ... to ... |
| 12 | [... um-ma a]-na-ku-ma | ... thus I: |
| 13 | [... a?]-sza#-ap-pa-ar-ma | ... I shall send and |
| 14 | [...] x-nu | ...-nu |
| 15 | [...] ki | ... place |
| reverse | ||
| 1' | [...] | |
| 2' | [... i]-du#-ku | ... they killed |
| 3' | [...] | |
| 4' | [{lu2-mesz}e2]-kal2-la-ta-i{ki} sza# x [x x] x-bu i-du-ku# | The Ekallātaeans who ... killed |
| 5' | [_lu2?-mesz?_] sza#? wa-ar-ki be-li2-ia i-il-la-ku | The men who after my lord go |
| 6' | [ma]-am#-ma#-an i-na u2-ba-nim u2-ul i-la-ap-pa-at | No one shall be deprived of food on the table. |
| 7' | [an-ne2]-tim# a-ta-<<al>>-pa-al-szu-nu-ti | I continually sought out these things |
| 8' | [u3 asz]-szum# a-wa-tim na-sa-qi2-im ki-a-am aq-bi2?-szu-nu-szi-<im> | Furthermore, concerning the wording of the saqīm, I said to them thus: |
| 9' | [um-ma a]-na-ku#-ma szum-ma ni-isz _dingir_-lim a-za-ka-ra-ku-nu-szi-im | Thus I: "If I wish to serve you by the life of a god, |
| 10' | [s,i]-ih#-ra-am u3 {munus}s,i-ih-ir-tam | a ṣiḫarām woman and a siḥirtam woman |
| 11' | sza# a-la-ni-ku-nu a-na bad3{ki}-ia-ah-du-lim# | of your coming to Dūr-Yaḫdum-lim |
| 12' | ki#-im-sa-nim-ma ni-isz _dingir_-lim lu-uh-su-sa-ku-nu-szi-im | Let me praise the life of the gods for you, |
| 13' | [a]-nu#-um#-ma# t,e4-ma-am ma-la id-bu-<bu>-nim#-ma | Now, any report that they have given |
| 14' | a-na s,e-er be-li2-ia asz2-tap-ra-am# | I sent to my lord. |
| 15' | an-ni-tam la an-ni-tam be-li2 li-isz-pu-ra-am-ma | This is not this, my lord should write me, and |
| 16' | sza qa-be2-e be-li2-ia lu-pu-usz | I shall do what is said of my lord. |
| 17' | ha#-al#-s,u-um sza-lim | The ḫalṣûm is well. |
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